Professors at a college campus in Maryland may want to take some lessons from Captain America on using a shield because they will have bulletproof type device in the classroom this fall.

Various University of Maryland Eastern Shore professors will be using a high tech tablet whiteboard in the classroom that measures 18 by 20 inches and can be used as a shield if a gunman would enter the room and start shooting.

Hardwire LLC, the Maryland company that makes the boards says on its website that the board weighs less than 4 pounds, covers the head and torso when used as a shield and absorbs multiple rounds of ammo from any handgun or shotgun without ricochet or injury.

It comes in green, blue and pink.

The President of UMES says she purchased 200 of them. Juliette Bell says after campus violence around the country the purchase is about being prepared.

The boards run 299 dollars and Bell says she paid for them from the university's foundation account.